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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1900
Page
2
The text sketches a career path from a Denton area hire to Offut's move to New Orleans then back to politics. It mentions service in the legislature, multiple elections, a 1846 Congress seat, a 1853 debate with Senator Douglas, and a 1864 event at Ford's Theatre on April 14. The passage is fragmentary and blends dates with unclear chronology.
An editor’s note reports that France plans to send an envoy to Egypt to investigate military actions by high officers and Sudanese troops amid signals of possible joint moves with Russia. The situation centers on Egypt and military leadership tensions in the region.
Mrs Minnie Dietz 32 Ve entered the Union cloth store on Illinois street to buy goods and offered a counterfeit fifty dollar bill. Clerks suspected the note and police officer Spearing intervened after a warning about recognizing counterfeit money.
Pugh says evidence will be presented to the grand jury regarding grocers accused of violating liquor laws. School board assistants are involved, and the body is shaped by liquor license shortages.
A disjointed report describes a skeleton with strings and ligaments seen in a cellar while four laborers worked coal. A security figure Shaffer reprimanded the scene as “Spot Cash” and others moved away with passengers and horses as the memory of the incident lingered.
A garbled excerpt mentions Hodges and a feasible route between Honolulu and the Philippines related to cable work. The fragment implies an oath or agreement affecting the plan though details are unclear. The text reflects historic telecommunication project discussions with Pacific connections.
Fragmentary text from a local meeting record mentions a toast and brief remarks. Unclear names or dates are present, with limited context about the event or attendees.
In Frankfort Kentucky on February 12 the scene remains tense as Democratic leaders prepare an injunction and related court actions to bind Republican officials to state court authority while little appetite for compromise appears on either side.
The Democratic State Committee met at the Grand Hotel Saturday night to discuss the state convention and appoint a secretary. Mayor Taggart suggested the convention date will be set in a couple of weeks and likely be early, with local Democrats favoring an earlier date than Republicans.
From Modder river a report states 1,200 loyal colonists in the Barkley west district have left due to property destruction by Dutch sympathizers. Earlier reports said Boers forced male residents to enlist in the republican cause under threat of fines and imprisonment.
In heavy fog the steamer Henry M. Stanley of the White Collar line struck a Cincinnati Southern bridge pier Monday morning and sank in three feet of water. All crew were rescued except Edward Anderson the Madison Indiana steward who is believed drowned.
Cincinnati police arrested a gang of crooks wanted in many cities. Named are John Fisher Mrs Fisher Charles Fisher Ella Fisher Mary Ann Sullivan alias Mary Ann the comic thief Annie Kelly and Maggie Fisher. Sullivan known as the ringleader of pickpockets a razor found on her at arrest. They arrived from Chicago a week ago renting rooms where many grips trunks of clothing and jewelry were found.
Dora Fitzpatrick misplaced morphine but survived it. Redemptorist fathers start a mission at Holy Cross church. Federal trial jurors begin Tuesday for small criminal cases. Cecil Clay fined for drunkenness after Sunday arrest. St Patrick’s day parade planned March 17 will be larger. James Jenkins freed after alleged robbery due to lack of affidavit. Cadets to hear Rev Quayle discuss Lincoln as a soldier at Certral-ave church. Coats and hats stolen during Festival of Hearts at the high school. Sam Toner fined for disturbing the peace after a drunken outburst. Willie Kannan, 14, released on good behavior after arrest for stock-snatching. Grand Lodge I O K P to meet Tuesday in Castle Hall to discuss building a castle hall in Indianapolis with an evening ball at the German House. Methodist preachers held a meeting and heard Dr Henderson of the American Bible Society. A mass meeting in Central-eve Methodist Church Tuesday night will feature Dr William Haven of New York for the Bible Society. Postmaster Hees refused to accept a strange package described as a “book type writer” sent by mistake and a related letter from the Post Office Department directed him to proceed to trial.
In Anderson on February 12 the annual meeting of Indiana Republican clubs opens with a scramble for leadership. Incumbents N. W. Gilbert Angora president C. W. McGuire New Albany vice president J. W. Egnew Indianapolis secretary and E. E. Roland Greensburg treasurer seek re-election. Terre Haute backs Walter C. Mand for vice president while Marion Indianapolis promotes Leo Hot hschild for president. Gilbert denies plans to run for lieutenant.
The Marion club of 150 members wearing yellow badges and Griffiths buttons marched to Union station at noon Monday and took the train for Anderson. The group is described as potentially the strongest organization in the State league of republican clubs and aiding Griffiths' campaign strength.
Lincoln's birthday observed with public offices closed in Chicago. Schools held appropriate exercises and several dinners and banquets were arranged for Monday night. The Marquette club plans its fifteenth annual banquet at the Auditorium with speakers Bartlett Tripp and Murat Halstead.
Mrs. Nancy Jamison 91 died Monday morning at her home on the Churchman Pike south of the Belt railroad. Longtime Indianapolis resident and mother of Frank Weadon. Body to be taken to Greensburg Wednesday at 10 p m for burial.
George W. Stout announced on Monday his intent to reconstruct at 8 Meridian Street after clearing ruins. A six-story fireproof building will rise, with possible salvaged walls. exact cost cannot yet be determined.
The Central Federated Union writes President McKinley asking his stance as an honorary bricklayers union member in Chicago over granite cutters at the Chicago post office striking in sympathy. Contractor John Pierce says he has a ten year extension from the government to combat the strike if needed.
Washington February 12 The house commerce committee is expected to vote Tuesday in favor of government ownership of the San Francisco to Philippines cable project. The line would link the United States with Hawaii Guam Midway and the Philippines and is estimated at 10 million dollars.
The $10000 damage suit of Elizabeth Hawkins widow of Addison Hawkins against the T H I railroad opens before Judge Leathers. Hawkins husband and son were killed when a train struck their buggy about five miles west of Indianapolis.
The fragmented text shows a reference to a debt or financial figure of 50 000 dollars linked to Aus Tex or a similar entity. Names and exact context are unclear due to damaged OCR.
The Board of Works weighs the opening of Kentucky avenue from Harding street to Belmont. Commissioner Sahm surveys petitions and remonstrances finding 80 remonstrators and 30 petitioners. Signers appear unconnected to the project with many living far afield and distant from Kentucky avenue. Attorney Henry Spaan visits to learn the case state.
The board will meet Tuesday afternoon with street car promoters to discuss franchise provisions. Vice-president Davis of the Indianapolis Water Co sends a third letter urging inclusion of methods to prevent electrolysis damage to gas and water pipes. He cites 300 feet of mains destroyed by escaping electricity from street car tracks and says company lawyers will appear before the Board of Safety to determine final removal steps.
Sweeping-inspector Bauer says improved streets are hard to keep clean as gravel wagons travel overloaded and spill gravel. He was instructed to enforce the ordinance against drivers who overload.
City engineer to investigate report that a sewer on Merideth Street built by Contractor King caved in creating holes large enough to hide horses. Residents avoid the street fearing sudden roadway collapse.
Chief clerk Myron D. King of the assessment bureau received a formal reprimand from the board for ordering an $18 record book from the Indianapolis printing company without a requisition.
Spencer, acting clerk, is told to rush the department's report to the commission after other city departments submitted theirs. The city engineer lacks a chief clerk and has not compiled the figures for taxpayer review yet.
The city board refused to order cement walks and a gravel roadway on St Paul Street from English Avenue to the Big Four until three of four resident property owners consent. Last year two supported the improvement and two opposed it, killing the petition.
The council decides to postpone paving Madison Avenue from Merrill to McCarty Street until a sewer is constructed. The engineer is instructed to study the need for an asphalt surface on East Tenth Street from Tecumseh to Rural Street.
Papers were ordered for improvements, including a brick roadway on Osage street from New York to Ohio, grading and gravelling the alley south of Fletcher avenue, a creosoted wooden block pavement on Ohio street from Noble to Arsenal, a sewer on Madison avenue from Norwood to McCarty. Final action was taken on gravel roadway and brick gutters and walks on Jupiter street from Brookside to Massachusetts.
Six medical students were fined five dollars and costs after a Sunday night poker game in a room at 218 North Capitol Avenue. The judge ordered bond for the rest after they gave fictitious names. two others were released. A neighbor alerted police and the raid halted the activity.
Secretary of the Navy relays Admiral Watson report that Samuel Long of Hartsville Pennsylvania yeoman on the gunboat Wheeling is seriously burned about face and hands but doing well awaiting further updates.
Manila reports the gunboat Princeton returns from a Batenes island expedition. The American flag was raised on all islands except Ibayat where the Japanese flag was found flying, indicating a mismatch in control north of the twentieth parallel.
Two thousand miners walked off the job in Carmaux on Monday demanding higher wages. The strike affected local mines and sent workers onto the streets as negotiations proceed.
Incorporated ventures emerge with Hoosier printing in Muncie and North Vernon Vernon Telephone Company amid capital stocks of 6000 and 40000. Indiana agency company Indianaporte lists 10000. George W Pang Homer C Harding and Elmer E Stevens named as directors to conduct insurance real estate and related services.
The president sent to the Senate on Monday nominations for the 1990 Paris exposition commissioners led by Bertha Palmer and Brutus Clay with numerous state selections. Posts include Charles Latimore as postmaster in Knox Indiana and Navy officers Lieutenants Witzeil Hall and Winterhilter with other medical and paymaster appointments.
Births list includes Henry and Blake at 613 E South St twin girls and many more with full addresses. deaths include Mary C Brooks and Cecil J Kaler among others with causes such as peritonitis and pneumonia. infant deaths and stillbirths noted. Marriages list several couples including Virgil Wallace with Clara Hudson and Thomas Snyder with Susie Dolen. Building permits detail multiple addresses and specified improvements.
E W Peel er of Kalispell Montana testified as the first witness in the Clark bribery probe. He corroborated Senator A H Geiger about borrowing 2300 dollars from the First National Bank. The bank president could not timing the loan or explain the security details, prompting tension with Burrows and Geiger.
A pro Boers meeting is planned in Tomlinson hall at 8 p m Tuesday with Senator Billy Mason as a speaker. Local speakers include Henry N Spaan Frank B Burke Henry Seyfried and Philip Rappaport. Out of town speakers B F Shively of South Bend and Father Dyrne of Union City will attend along with brass music.
Cattle receipts remain light with no ship ments Monday. Beef and butcher steers mostly fair to medium 1000 to 1400 lbs. good to prime dressed beef and butcher cattle. Hogs receipts about 500 with 120 head shipped. price ranges from 4.25 to 5.00 for packing and shipping. Sheep receipts noted with Good to prime lambs 6.00 to 6.50 and fair to good lambs 5.50 to 5.10 per hundredweight.
Moderate curb business on Monday with corn leading activity and May prices higher. Liverpool and Back Sea shipments influence directions as May wheat tests around 68% and poultry prices vary with grades for turkeys chickens and other fowl.
A cluttered sale listing presents canvas stiffening cloth and skirt facing in black, moire weave, and Silesia fabrics. It notes silkettes, tapetas, linen canvas, double faced silks, velours, French haircloth, sheer drab silks, and mercerized silks with various widths and sale prices.
A fragmented inventory shows items like CHAMBER PAILS, 10-quart buckets, RAT TRAPS, MUSLIN yardage in various widths and qualities, and several brands such as HILL BRAND and SEA ISLAND. Prices are listed per yard or per item with multiple descriptors but many words are garbled.
The notice lists pricing for Cheddars Swiss and bricks with percentages and fractions. Also includes fresh eggs and stock terms with varied prices and discounts.
The market lists bids for multiple grains on Saturday with firm wheat and various corn and oats quotes. No. 2 red wheat shows a price around 70c per bushel in some lines, while corn prices range from 28% to 32%c for different grades and white and mixed varieties. Hay bids show No. 1 timothy at 12.00 to 12.50 and No. 2 timothy at 11.00 to 11.50.
Market page lists cattle and hog receipts for Monday with export and shipping cattle quotes across grades from good to prime and fair to medium, including steers, heifers, cows, veal calves, and bulls. Hog receipts total about 2,000 with price ranges for good to choice and common to fair, and lambs and sheep quoted by grade and weight.
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