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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1901
Page
2
The Patriot Phalanx accuses the Anti-Saloon League and State Superintendent Helt of hiding day books and misusing $5 000 raised in the past year. Helt counters that books were given to the auditing committee and asserts the charges are largely false.
Forty three Krupp guns and two thousand rifles were captured by Col. Greuder's expedition to Fien Cheng Hsu. The expedition returned on Thursday.
Cincinnati reports P M Blake of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Co has disappeared after leaving a large shortage alleged by the firm. He reportedly left his stenographer Miss Minnie Dirk with $259, and prior to leaving ceded property. He deserted a wife and child.
In Beira Portuguese East Africa on Friday the Hertzog docked 138 Abyssinians to work Rhodesian mines. They refused to land and a harbor police removal led to a clash in which one native died and two were wounded. Eight police were injured. Fifty Abyssinians leapt overboard and fled.
Oriental advices report five missionaries believed murdered are alive in Shansi, protected by the mandarin at Ping-Yan-Fu. Named are Graham McKee Mrs P A Ogren infant and Misses M E Chapman and S F E Way. P A Ogren was killed. The group belongs to the China Inland Mission.
Will Kirby, a Black man convicted weeks ago of murdering Eliza Wilson, also Black, was hanged Saturday in Vicksburg Mississippi. The execution was the first legal hanging in the city for several years and drew local attention to a case that sparked discussion on capital punishment.
A fire in Bristol Tennessee on Saturday destroyed the car shops of the Virginia and Southwestern railway. Loss amounts to 3160,000, with damages estimated at 100,000 dollars. Damaged facilities included storage and maintenance areas, prompting investigations by local authorities.
From the wires reports two farmers Chas Seely and A I Holland from Meadville Pennsylvania were killed by a train on Saturday. President Kruger is reported to be progressing favorably at The Hague while Hon Curtis Bragden former Republican governor of North Carolina has died at Geldsboro.
Report discusses alleged blunders by high ranking nobles and their private staffs during a war. It cites the duke of Marlborough and duke of Westminster as examples, with claims Lord Roberts sent home officers. Also mentions a link between the prince of Teck and a Samas post disaster, expected to be hushed up.
In Indianapolis and Angola, candidates jockey for legislature posts. Hutson leads Marion county support while Elliott gains favor with out of state patrons. Essman is reportedly out, Evans withdraws to aid Elliott, and Rep Clarke wavers amid pressure from Artman backers.
Joe Kealing met Sherman King for an hour Friday night and is said to have joined Ikins's banner. A Kealing friend said Saturday afternoon he is no longer for Artman. Many younger Marion county politicians back King and predict a Beveridge like victory from a small vote lead.
In Washington the apportionment bill dominated the House session with Speaker Henderson absent due to illness and Palzell presiding. Maine representatives Hopkins and Littlefield clashed over remarks about Friday’s attack on Maine. The Senate met in executive session and confirmed Rittman of Cleveland as auditor for the War Department.
J P Morgan and Co announced control of Central railroad in New Jersey and an offer to Reading, which accepted. Terms not yet disclosed. This consolidation fits broader coal trust plans to unify anthracite properties and coal roads under one management.
The Rt Rev W M Wigger Roman Catholic bishop of Newark died Saturday at Seton Hall College South Orange New Jersey from pneumonia after a severe cold. He had long suffered from pulmonary disease and had made trips to Bermuda and Europe for relief.
Deputy U S marshal Boyd arrested Chris Pucket at Linton on Friday and jailed him in Terre Haute awaiting a hearing on a charge of robbing the mails. The veteran star route carrier is accused of stealing contents from mail sacks several months ago.
Congressman Overstreet spent a few hours in Denison on Saturday while en route to Washington. He stated he knew nothing about the Indiana speakership contest beyond what he had read in newspapers and expects the current session of Congress to be very busy.
Secretary J N Hurty of the state health board was attacked by appendicitis while in Chicago and is improving at his home. He will likely be out of his office for about two weeks or ten days.
Berlin dispatch says Count Von Walder See replies to a government inquiry dated January 3 confirming he is well. The brief message provides no additional details on his condition or plans.
A circulating report claims Richard Croker took 2.8 million in bond and securities to Europe and may not return. The tale links this to Bishop Potter and John C. Sheehan of Tammany Hall, suggesting internal power struggles as Tammany is unsettled by the speculation.
Chicago January Reports Prof Jacques Loch of the University of Chicago theorizes a yet undiscovered compound may reverse aging and halt dissolution. He experiments on lower animals and envisions longevity spanning centuries. Loeb notes no sure substance yet but deems the possibility plausible based on polyp studies.
Washington January 5 cabinet orders Secretary Gage to draft a plan for silver currency in the Philippines. The proposed coin, about the size of a US dollar, would contain 45 cents of silver and replace the Mexican dollar, currently worth 52 cents. It would bear United States arms and be minted for colonial circulation, with possible names dollar peso or yen.
Will Gill, actor in The village postmaster at Fourteenth Street Theatre, received a letter from his Boston veterinary surgeon father revealing that Maj John E Reynolds, his uncle, died in Liverpool from Boer War injuries. The will requires Gill to marry the adopted daughter to inherit five thousand pounds, a condition he has not yet chosen to accept.
Washington January 5 the census bureau reports the center of population at latitude 39 09 36 longitude 08 48 54. In ten years it shifted west by 16 1 sec about 14 miles and south by 2 20 giving a location seven miles southeast of Columbus Indiana.
Washington dispatch says decrees from the czar of Russia show no plan to annex Manchuria. He reportedly seeks to prevent looting and ill treatment by troops and will evacuate the territory as circumstances permit.
The Marion trust company as administrator of Mason Jt. Os good estate applied Saturday afternoon for receivership of the Sheridan brick company and the Brazil brick company, alleging insolvency. The estate holds notes against both firms totaling 45000 dollars.
An artist-turned-prisoner threw a neatly addressed envelope containing twelve pencil sketches of officers and inmates through Turnkey Taffe's grated window. The bundle spilled five stamps and a note asking for postage stamps in exchange for tobacco and a sharp pencil. The writer signs as HALE F HAMILTON and boasts of a cousin who is a “Judge” artist.
An OCR style market ad lists items and prices including cream of wheat twelve cents, salad dressing from Yacht Club, and Baier's unsweetened chocolate at nineteen cents. Mentions quantities and sales values with shorthand phrases like 142 90 tons and 32.00, indicating bulk pricing signals.
In Wichita Kansas on a Saturday in circuit court attorneys for Mrs Carrie Nation the saloon wrecker sought her release claiming a bogus small pox quarantine had been placed on the jail Judge Kirk ruled she must remain jailed until the quarantine is lifted by county officers The county attorney received an unsigned letter in a woman’s handwriting threatening his life unless Nation is released immediately
Post master Powell is unable to give any clue toward clearing up the mystery of a device described as an infernal machine mailed from Longanport to Dr. Sylvester Coffman of Hume, Indiana, leaving investigators without a clear lead.
In Muncie Indiana on January 3 a probate note says Francis Koch chose a Potter and Moffitt casket from this city. He died in Connersville and his heirs were to pay for two coffins under the will. One coffin remains in their possession.
John M. McEwen of Indianapolis, an insurance expert, is appointed actuary in the state auditor's office, replacing C. B. Fitch who resigned to enter Fort Wayne business. McEwen, a Republican but not a politician, recently moved from Ohio to enter local insurance, earning $1500 annually.
Constantinople dispatch reports general panic in Armenia with fears of universal bloodshed. Turkish authorities raise taxes and Kurdish tribes resume pillaging across settlements, signaling renewed violence in the region.
A list of births with many names and addresses and a long deaths section noting ages and causes. Marriages are listed including Willard W Carroll and Helen Hays and others.
President McKinley will travel through El Paso on his way to California and may meet Mexican President Diaz at the international bridge. A telegram from Congressman Layden confirms the likelihood of the crossing and a Diaz greeting is anticipated.
A Copenhagen dispatch reports that the czar has a lung disease, a revelation that sparks great concern among Danish court circles.
In Scranton on Friday night ex pugilist Harry Davis tried to mediate a quarrel over a woman and was nearly decapitated by Bar Natto Papa, an Italian barber, who wielded a razor. The fight started from a dispute over a woman.
Charles E. Wilson secretary to Gov Mount prepares a 125 page volume compiling all messages proclamations vetoes and public documents issued during his term awaiting the governor's message to the legislature to complete the project.
An advertisement claims brain tissue consists of albumen and phosphate of potash. It asserts chemical traces show brain work in urine and perspiration, urging daily replenishment with Grape-Nuts. The cereal is marketed as ready to eat, no cooking required, produced by Postum Cereal Co. in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Capt. Wallace Foster secures Rep Reagan's pledge to introduce a flag desecration bill in the legislature. Similar laws already exist in Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont Connecticut New York Pennsylvania Minnesota Iowa Illinois California South Dakota and Arizona. Foster urges citizens to write to their senators and representatives asking support for the measure.
Union City Indiana January 5 Ella Bechtoldt formerly of New Corydon and later Union City is thought to be the girl who killed herself in a Cincinnati boarding house. She used the name Gladys Esmond and left a note saying she had no living relatives. She departed New Corydon last July.
Burglars broke in at 4:30 a m Saturday at Will Firquin's drug store 44 North Senate Avenue. They forced open the front doors and lifted the cash register taking six dollars. A tenant upstairs heard the disturbance but the robbers had fled before an alarm could be raised. No crew was found.
Building permits list S E Perkins at 414 to 420 West Washington street for a brick block valued at 12000 dollars. An advertising blurb notes the signature of E W Grove on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo Quinine.
CHICAGO January 5 Wheat edged up two cents with May at 8 3/4 to 9 3/4 cents, corn and oats higher, pork surges to 12.52 per pound in May futures. Livestock prices show turkeys at 9 cents, chickens 8 to 9 cents, ducks 8 to 10 cents. Butter and cheese quoted across dairy categories, eggs 21 to 22 cents per dozen.
Brazil Ind January 5 Chuck Bass and Harry Daly two boys almost died Friday evening after inhaling gasoline as a cold remedy. Doctors treated them for several hours.
Interstate Stock Yards on Jan 5 reports cattle receipts light with prime export steers at 300 to 310, heavy hogs around 0.95 to 1.44 per pound, and sheep listings including good to choice lambs at 4.50 to 5.80 per hundredweight. various grades for cows calves and bulls shown with per hundredweight ranges and typical averages.
Wheat gains noted with No 2 red and No 3 red tracking higher milling freight in January. New corn values remain firm with multiple white and mixed grades at varied prices. Oats and hay show steady demand, with timothy and clover inventories totaling several carloads and inspections listing numerous cars across wheat corn and hay.
Indianap olis Stock Yards Friday Saturday shipments show light receipts with quoted prices for prime steers 1,350 pounds up and various grades of cattle. Good to choice feeders and cows listed, with veal calves heavy and prime to fancy export bulls noted. sheep receipts light with good to choice lambs and common to medium selections.
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