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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1900
Page
1
Attorney Thomas Hanna pressed for precise dating of charges against ex fireman Royal Seibert at a Monday Board of Safety session. Indolence and neglect were alleged as Seibert faced repeated suspensions and reinstatements from 1888 to 1899, amid disputes over which charges to consider and how dates should be treated.
Attorney Hanna pressed for action while Chief Barrett and Capt. Brommer defended Seibert amid complaints of slow work and “growling” orders. Seibert said he worked better under watch and blamed the chief for seeking his dismissal after 17 years of service. the board took the case under advisement.
The board is at a loss for next steps as Capt. Fox has not yet had a hearing and no date is known for his trial. Tom Smith, also discharged, has not received any charges. Roth said on Monday that Smith will be tried, but the board has not notified him. Smith served 20 years before his pension was granted.
Maud Mec Danel of 12 Kentucky avenue was fined 10 dollars and sent to the workhouse by Judge Daly on Monday. Patrolman Baumfuhrer said she had been visiting Henry Stock’s saloon too much and caused trouble between Stock and his wife. Stock lives on Lincoln Street. After the trial Stock asked Matron Gregoire to see the woman but was refused. She swore she had not been in the saloon since she was arrested, while officers say she and the saloonist fought in the saloon two weeks ago. Brock testified that he took the woman to a Cleveland club ball not long ago. Too late to cure a cold after consumption has fastened its deadly grip on the lungs. Take Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup while there is time.
Three young daughters of Elizabeth M. Field mourn their mother who died of consumption at Union Station after a Vandalia train trip from Donaldson Arkansas to Hortonville Vermont. Marion, 12, bears responsibility for her sisters as they await help. funds collected reach 27 dollars and a ticket to New York for onward travel to their Vermont uncle.
A widow Mrs Field dies en route to her Hortonville home after a lengthy illness traced through a nomadic family journey from Hartford Conn to Florida and Tennessee and Arizona and Arkansas. The eldest daughter Marion led the care and arranged transport to Indianapolis where she died minutes before hospital arrival. The three children were placed in an ambulance with the mother and later sent to the Orphans' Home on College Ave. Clerks and city services dispute ambulance response times while a cabman aided the children.
A large delegation visited the Board of Works on Monday to argue for and against the Michigan Street sewer plan. Two remonstrances were filed, one by residents outside the proposed benefit area led by Augustus Boice who challenge the district’s validity and the assessment method, and a second by supposed beneficiaries urging assessments based on benefits. City attorney Kern has not issued an opinion on binding contracts with Woodruff Place trustees for cross-town sewer funding.
The grand jury was ousted to accommodate a meeting of High-school teachers ahead of the county teachers association. Bailiff Kerner blocks access to the witnesses area with a firm limit, allowing only witnesses one by one. Judge Alford declines instruction on the street car inquiry unless new positive evidence surfaces. Few indictments of druggists have been issued and none announced yet.
Bankruptcy petitions list debtors including Frank C. Fisbeck of Terre Haute with assets 942 and liabilities 3 909 13, James Nichols of Terre Haute with assets 50 and liabilities 23 487 02, Patrik Duna of Logansport with assets 4 and liabilities 97 353 54, among others, with coal and related delays noted.
A World Washington special reports Otis in Manila requested 1000 handcuffs and 200 leg shackles for American soldiers. Officials initially considered insurgent use, but concluded the gear is for troops driven mad by heat, disease, and shellfire. An Army surgeon’s office source says insurgents remain docile but mental strain yields rising insanity among Philippines troops, with the most severe cases returning home.
Washington officials of the army medical department denounce a New York report claiming Gen Otis ordered 1000 pairs of handcuffs and 200 pairs of shackles for insane soldiers. They note restraints are only used in severe cases with minimal devices and dispute sensational claims about Philippine War sanity reports.
Forecast covers the hours ending 8 p.m. February 2. Fair weather Monday night with warmer, cloudy conditions and snow flurries on Tuesday. Temperatures set for 7 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. with readings around 19 and 2 degrees at specified times.
Indianapolis endured its coldest day of the winter as many stayed home and kept warm by stoves. The cold snap began Friday midnight at 42 above zero and plunged to seven below by Sunday 5 a.m. temps rose to two below, then 11 above by evening. By Monday morning nine above, Weather Prophet Wappenhaus forecasts a gradual rise and possible snow flurries, with warmer Tuesday expected but no summer. A sharp wind compounded the chill and delayed many trains.
The Sun urges readers to follow its liners as a path to profit and staying abreast of the times. It claims thousands read the pages daily and that being outside the liners means missing valuable opportunities.
Miss Jane McClelland Grubb died Sunday evening at 210 East Thirteenth Street where she resided with sister Mrs Mary Grubb. A third cousin of Gen. Harrison, she was a prominent worker in Tabernacle Church.
Feb 24 Delayed dispatch reports Gen Roberts tightening cordon around Cronje at Paardeburg with sappers building zig zag trenches and outer defenses. Cronje’s line unchanged as reconnaissance notes Boer positions, ammunition wagons, and attempts by Commandant De Wet’s 1000 strong relief column to break British lines. Yorkshires and Maxims engage with heavy fire. eightieth Boers surrender while others escape or are run down.
J B Robinson hails General Cronje and his 7000 troops at Modder as heroic amid 110 guns and 4000 attackers. He predicts Cronje will not surrender easily, aided by Transvaal veterans. Robinson depicts Cronje as understated yet decisive, comparing his leadership to Dutch masters. Mrs Cronje is described at his side, noted as brave and preparing for hardship.
Sheriff Clark received a letter from Ver nie Candé of Fort Crook Nebraska asking him to help locate his mother Ella Candell now believed to be in Indianapolis. Candell, of Company I Tenth United States infantry, seeks his mother. he last heard she lived at 7 Hill Street Indianapolis. He has a sister with her and asks for any information to aid the search.
President John McGregor of the stone masons union says the new wage scale adopted in January will take effect March 1 with little trouble. Old rates of 40 and 45 cents an hour rise to 45 cents straight. The stationary scale aims at equal pay for all union men. McGregor reports several contractors have discussed the change and seem satisfied. The union advises contractors objecting to one rate to avoid hiring men not worth the highest prior rates.
Commissioner McGregor plans to convert the courthouse yard fountain into an armament to the surroundings and an aquarium. Saturday W. E. Shilling delivered two live alligators from Louisiana, now in a glass box in the auditor's office. When weather allows they will be placed in the fountain basin. John says this forms the foundation of a collection he intends to build.
Mrs. Martha Green, age 2, of 418 New Jersey Ave, reportedly broke her left arm Saturday in her back yard but did not realize the injury. She went to the city dispensary Monday afternoon seeking attention, unaware the arm was fractured.
The Guardian prints a dispatch from its correspondent dated Friday Feb 33 stating Boers hold Colenso hills with a forward line east of Grobler's Kop. It notes the abandonment of Calder ridges was forced by the capture of Green Hill and describes the relief effort as grand while troops press a difficult position. Kopjes are described as extending endlessly.
Gen Baller reports officer losses with 11 wounded and one dead, plus 33 killed 96 wounded and two missing among men on Feb 2.
Kimberley Feb 24. At a De Beers Company meeting Cecil Rhodes presiding announced the year’s profits on 2,600,000 shares were £430,000. Rhodes warned that the day of reckoning for the Beers was coming.
City Life reports Dr Rebecca Rogers George will lecture on The profession of motherhood at Central Ave church tonight under the auspices of the W C T U. John L Griffiths and others will speak as North-side Republican club hosts. all candidates are invited. A love feast is noted. the report also mentions a county poor case vs County Auditor Smith, a divorce suit by Clara Hammons, and a youth involved with L E B W yards.
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