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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1900
Page
8
York Feb 15 Bob Fitzsimmons defied Sharkey and McCoy by offering to cover Fitzsimmons' $5,000 forfeit if Sharkey agrees to let the winner take all. Sharkey’s camp says Jeffries won’t match Fitzsimmons now, prompting a confrontation over a potential Coney Island bout with Sharkey.
Fragmented OCR recalls a bowling night where Columbia achieved several 800s and 900s in a string of games. The Calumets and Narmer split, Nationals upset Joat, Lenox sides traded wins, and notable scores include Vogel 145 and Broeckel 169 as teams chase third place and bragging rights.
The Blue Labels posted 76 splits in Wednesday’s first game amid two final bowling nights in the Indianapolis league. March 8 closes the season. The Independent league president urged members to welcome the All-stars visit. Bernie O Conner played his last match for the Nationals and will tour the old country with Ed, his Calumets practising brother. Grafton of the Meridians scored seven and ten pins in the second game. WW Williams and CH Allen had five standout games at Oneira alleys, total 1,965 pins with Williams 230 and Allen 227. The Marions look unbeatable for first place as Crescents’ three-game win locked their position. Ben Brown of the Marions missed Tuesday’s games. The race between Bryson and Brown for the individual average draws keen interest. The Sam Karpf trophy, pictured in THE SUN, will be awarded to the Ten-pins league winning team. it will become the property of Promanent after two seasons. M.C. Knox aims to form a Indianapolis team for the international New York tournament in July with prizes totaling $16. Turner alleys show ed Ed Beck’s five-man score of 7 pins in a pre-work session with Beck 220, Presser 241, Zock 152, Kreich 134, Hess 160. a rare strike by W Williams of the Oneidas occurred during practice.
Corcoran Steinfeldt and Newton join three more Cincinnati players for Fort Wayne interstate league. Hahn and McBride have not signed. McGraw cites Baltimore business duties and may quit baseball if no team there. Fort Wayne players report to Notre Dame in April for practice and exhibitions. Hanlon predicts Baltimore joins the National League this year amid property price disputes.
Harry Forbes meets all comers of his weight at the Park theater in Chicago this week. Jeffries weighs 245 pounds as he trains, while promoter plans pressure before the Corbett bout. Local fans eye Prinz Eerenah clash in Wood with two preliminaries and a 15 round main. Young Griffo returns to Jal as backers push for match with McGovern or Erne.
Gilbert kept up his good work the second day of the Hot Springs tournament missing three targets out of 160 during the two days shooting he failed on but five out of 220 targets. Great interest is taken in re shoot be.
Wednesday afternoon's proceedings featured Sergeant Hyland's voluntary statement defending Patrolman Rinker as an efficient officer while corrections favored Rinker's image over others. Testimony tied Butcher Kurtz and three others to the case as witnesses and defendants amid allegations of a "klux" clique and demoralizing conduct within the force.
Former U S consul Charles E Macrum reveals he quit Pretoria to shield his self respect and the Pretoria people from a home government kept in the dark He alleges British censorship delayed mail and suppressed dispatches while he served as consul and accuses Secretary Hay of failing to meet with him He asserts no knowledge of any secret Anglo American alliance and defends his private statements as independent of public service.
In Phoebus, Virginia, 70 year old wife is found dead with a needle thrust through her heart. Husband William Garland, aged 30, is arrested, accused of drugging and murdering her after a six month marriage. The coroner cites a minute skin incision and motives include a transfer of a $1,000 life estate to the husband and $350 found in the room.
A complaint for a receiver for the Guarantee bond and accident insurance company was filed Thursday morning by Attorney General Taylor and Moores and Hadley. Judge McMasters appointed Albert H. Collins with a $500 bond. Insolvency is alleged. The board included Parks Martin Daniel L. Brown F J Van Voris H B Makerpiece and W S Shilling. Brown said the company would not continue life and accident insurance on the existing system and would report to the court Friday. The company has 201 policyholders and $358,975 outstanding. assets likely under $100. No fraud charged. business since Aug 31 1897 with $6307.77 cash in Jan 1900.
The advertisement offers a free trial of Dr. W S Rice method to cure ruptures at home without surgery or pain. It claims many have been helped and urges readers to write for the free trial, praising the method and noting endorsements from M K Lyman of Delray Florida.
The McQuitty family of 33 N East St was roused at 2 15 am on Thursday by a kitchen blaze started by a defective flue. In night clothes they formed a volunteer brigade and nearly contained the fire before the department arrived. Loss estimated at about ten dollars. Mrs McCray, ill and awake, alerted the household.
A small fire started by an overheated negative in the half tone department of H. C. Bauer engraving, located on the third floor of the Western Union building at 17 Meridian. No loss to the building occurred, but chemicals and negatives sustained about $100 in damage.
Albany reports a six bill package seeks repeal of seven provisions in a measure titled to prohibit. Details are unclear in the fragment, summarizing legislative action without full context or explicit outcomes.
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