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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1900
Page
3
London dispatch reports 200 British captured and 5 killed or wounded at Helvetia north of the Delagoa line. Gen Lyttleton led the force, Boers withdrew after the attack, and guns and provisions may have fallen into Boer hands. News caused little stir in London as losses mount.
The Evening News argues Britain should finish the campaign by guaranteeing self-government to the South African republics or by sending reinforcements to crush opposition. The Morning Leader notes 30 percent of 210,000 British soldiers in South Africa are ill, with the rest facing strong resistance from large enemy formations.
A Pekin dispatch says Chinese plenipotentiaries were ordered to sign the preliminary joint note and have informed foreign envoys. The order came from the emperor. Paris confirms the report and the administration views the acceptance as gratifying.
Washington report says Minister Conger received a decree from the Chinese emperor indicating willingness to accept the powers demands and that Prince Ching seeks another conference to request stopping dispatch of military expeditions from Pekin. The state department plans to join in urging abandonment of the campaigns.
John Alexander Dowie and Elder Jane Dowie faced an unruly Bermondsey audience as two ivery meetings ended with jeers and loud chants. The crowd demanded an encore after a delivered lesson and police guarded the doors as the gathering broke into a free mêlée.
Dr Wiggins from the City dispensary treated William Gibbens eighty two yard man at the Big Four freight yards at 8 30 a m Monday after a stroke of anaplexy left side totally paralyzed He was taken to his home Alabama street in the ambulance
Officers Bickman and Irish prevented a large potato bake Saturday at 7 30 p.m. A car of potatoes owned by John Crall a commission merchant caught fire from a stove used to keep the potatoes from freezing. About $100 worth of Irish lemons were destroyed.
A Dayton Ohio gang of young men is said to have operated in Richmond Indiana. Police found ten sticks of dynamite and drills hidden by the group, as the grand jury cheered an indictment that failed to return.
Sensational disclosures emerged Monday about the death of John Bauer-Jein, a prominent citizen who died Thursday. The body was disinterred and the skull found fractured. A local merchant is alleged to have caused the injury in a nocturnal assault.
Jeffersonville Indiana December 31 Frank Montague traveling with William Gilmore whose mangled body was found on the railroad tracks near Otisco Saturday morning has been arrested. He says he and Gilmore were attacked by three tramps and that Gilmore was killed. Friday night a man rushed into the Otisco depot asking for a revolver claiming a gang of negroes attacked him and partner down the road.
Princeton Indiana December 31 The trial of Joseph D. Keith for the April murder of Nora Keifer opened Monday with over 200 witnesses expected. The case may run about ten days and Keith says he will produce startling evidence to prove his innocence.
In Evansville Indiana the Warrick county grand jury report stated no indictments were returned in the Rolla lynching, prompting cheers as the panel said it fully investigated the case. Delphi recalls the Walnut Street schoolhouse lynching of Amer Green in 1887 and the town notes the decline of attendance and abandonment of the building.
Richmond Indiana December 31 Benjamin Sacket Chicago traveling man brought to answer bigamy charges pleads not guilty and is bound over to await trial under a 1500 dollar bond.
Arrests and court actions appear alongside personal tragedies and local oddities. Notable items include a man pleading guilty and being sentenced, a mother's fatal rescue attempt, a theater figure’s death in Colorado, a boy’s self-harm attempt, a 40 year reunion reunions, a school event death, police press for arrests, marriages sparked by a matrimonial paper, street brawls, saloon fights, gas provision schemes, ghost rumors at an orphanage, and a large company threatening a wage war after a merger bid.
James H McCullough the Altoona tax collector reportedly embezzled between 35100 and 50000 dollars and admitted taking 1000. He has not been seen since Thursday. He belonged to the Methodist church and moved in upscale circles but was noted as an inveterate gambler who recently lost heavily on stocks and at cards.
Evansville Indiana December 31 H R B Dubber president of the Globe furniture company was fatally injured when a large iron safe fell on him Monday morning. He died at the scene and the incident is being investigated by local authorities.
A Brazil project announces a new brewery. The list covers a damaging fire at an Anderson furniture factory with losses near 10600 dollars. Other items include a skull found near Brazil, a Martinsville doctor dead, funds raised for a Shelbyville church, and various local incidents and civic notes across Indiana.
Lincoln Neb December 31 Hundreds subscribe to Bryan's new weekly The Commoner. First issue will be eight pages with no ads. Logan has not decided ad rates yet.
Five persons were injured in a wreck near Henderson Kentucky on Sunday. Other items note West Lorne Ontario fire nearly destroying town, loss estimated at 125090 dollars. Louisa Kentucky post office robbed Saturday night of 500 dollars and 1 stamp.
The notice lists multiple wholesale branches with street addresses and telephone numbers including 4 East Wasnmetor Street Tel 1645 and 398-340 Virginia Avenue Tel 2754 plus 7 9 11 N Alabama Street Tel 1641 and 444 W Washington Street Tel 1645.
Congressman John J. Lentz files formal contest over Congressman-elect Tompkins seat. He cites Idaho bull pen speeches, anti McKinley and Hanna rhetoric, war policy criticism, and trusts attacks as triggers, claiming $100000 was spent to sway voters by federal appointees.
Morton Count entered Dave McGruff's cabin at Te ger bay during Christmas, shot McGruff dead, and was resisted by McGruff's wife who fired back. Count wounded in four places, pursued and captured after a brief gunfight.
The cruiser Kearsarge and battleship Massachusetts of the North Atlantic squadron have arrived at Pensacola Florida and will be followed soon by the torpedo fleet. They will rendezvous there until May.
Miss Rosa Powell, 35, was grabbed and hugged by an unknown man as she left the Portsmouth city market Saturday night. She struck him with a bag of eggs. they broke and splattered the man from head to foot before he fled and escaped.
Edna May Dillenger received a divorce from Everett B in circuit court. John G Finney and Lillie E were divorced by default as were Lui Hines and James. All petitions ended with default entries.
A long price list covering smoked meats bacon lard and hams, fresh pork loins and shoulders, potatoes, onions, cabbage and vegetables, fruits including apples bananas lemons and oranges, nuts and candies, canned vegetables and fruits, fish and oysters, oats and grain, hides and tallow, flour and meal, oils and butter, coal and drugs. Contains numerous per unit and per container prices with many regional varieties and brands.
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