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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1891
Page
1
A report from town tells of a rapid oil landscape painter who offers works while you wait at 6 Illinois street. The vivid, gaudy pictures entice buyers as public education, yet critics warn of exploiting art ignorance and inflated prices. A jeweler’s gold scraps experiment and a roadside carriage incident also surface in the tale.
Shelbyville report states Jan. F Daniels pleaded guilty to forging six checks totaling 265 dollars. He stole the funds from Hamilton bank after depositing 330 dollars in 1889. Daniels was sentenced Monday to five years in the southern penitentiary.
In New York on January 13 businessmen favor repealing or amending the McKinley bill. They plan two conference meetings to appoint a committee for a 2 percent memorial to Congress. A large number support the movement and a signatures paper will circulate in New York and other cities. The knife manufacturers association met to discuss the impact of the McKinley bill on cutlery trade and imports from Sheffield, England.
A fragment recalls a cyclone striking St Louis killing six and hitting Clinton Kentucky, a sick Spain monarch, and widespread apprehension. Mrs. Page in Texas joked about census pay, gifting four Pages to her husband amid the rain and a cold January day in Indianapolis.
A Saturday railroad wreck near Edenburgh injured several people though no fatalities were reported. In other news, Parnell’s status is noted in Limerick as crowds gathered for events. The Bear in the Firth of Forth incident occurred early Sunday with twelve crewmen lost. A man arrested for the murder of Gen Seligerstoff is identified as Leopold Frances, a commercial traveler. New parlor goods advertised by William L. Elder.
Washington January 12 A Western coalition and strong Nevada Democrat Senator Jones favor free coinage of silver and want the President to veto only after a Republican House and Senate pass a bill endorsed by Western states. Senator Platt plans to bring up the copyright bill in the Senate Monday amid a loud lobbying effort to silence anti bill voices. A Chicago drafted alternative may replace the pending measure.
Three plasterers Cornelius W R Garver and James Garver were on a scaffold at ether-place church when it collapsed dropping them about 30 feet. Cornelius suffered a broken right leg and back injuries Garver brothers endured internal injuries and a broken left leg James Garver had facial bruises and eye injury. Ambulance and care followed, with patients taken to nearby addresses on Washington and Alabama streets.
The article lists varied items including Colorado tax figures, cattle usage in western Kansas, Kansas foreclosures resistance, a New York elevated railroad collision injuring two, a Sunday switch engine passenger crash, three prisoners in Starshall county Kansas escaping after assaulting the sheriff, a 13 year old in Lynchburg killed by contact with a live wire, wolves attacking near Liberal Kansas injuring a boy, a Robbery on a Michigan Central express car between Chicago and Detroit, a hold up in Chicago by two masked men stealing a gold watch a diamond and a bank draft, and a Nashville governor elect dispute where Governor elect Buchanan allegedly threw a Chattanooga Times correspondent from a hotel roof.
A collage of theatre notes recounts Gaeinp Margaret Mather in Joan of Are with praise for the production and its stage spectacle, and includes anecdotes about Emma Abbott and Castle. It also recalls a Kansas Cragg ford circuit remark, a Denver audience, and a note on Big Four tickets selling for $20 that cover the system including Chicago.
Authorities in Monaco alarmed by rising European pressure to curb gambling dens. Monsignor Theuret, bishop of Monaco, issues restraint after fatal incidents and unsafe displays. Monégasque fears of French annexation grow as relatives search for missing kin amid the turmoil.
Saturday evening James S. Van Buren died suddenly of heart disease at his son’s home 746 North Alabama Street. The St John’s church report shows 407 baptisms and 152 confirmations. $10,903.91 raised last year. Various court actions include Conrad Farmer fined for revenue law violation in U. S. court and a levy over a 59.95 claim. A string of incidents covers a sick youth, an ambulance call, morphine poisoning, and a police matter at Military Park. Foreclosure suit on the public library property and bond talks for the library purchase appear, with a mortgage issue and the plan to liquidate the debt.
A heated council session is planned Monday as Yontz pushes an amendatory ordinance to extend the Citizens street railway charter to 1921. Opponents including Olsen argue general ordinance No. 11 is weak, irregular, and may not stand a legal test, risking the 1594 expiration and sparking a broader political clash.
Indiana lawmakers linger through Sunday, while a new reconciling bill to re index clerk records dating to territorial days draws a cost of about 50 000 dollars. The state plans a 200 000 dollar world fair board and a walking delegate president. The senate completes a payroll of 87 staffers and 30 officials, with per diem 600 dollars for the machine. Page selection rises tensions, Marion county seeking most pages. 15 doorkeepers approved at daily rates.
Brooklyn reorganizes team with Ward named captain. Dempsey Fitzsimmons bout tickets exceed seven hundred at ten dollars. An inter-state hall meeting set for Burlington on Friday with Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Richmond, Logansport to attend. Anderson ready to join the state league as Peru hosts a conference.
McCurloch asked diving and blessing on the assembled salons. The committee on elections requested more time. Senators granted a pause on pages and then decided on three. A wrangle arose over the first reading of a bill with Megee Burk of Clark and Howard taking part.
Reports from Pine Ridge Jan 12 describe a feared Indian battle not yet begun due to cold winds. Gen Miles reports about 3,000 Indians within five miles of the agency with Capt Pierce arriving to lead in place of Avant Royer as tensions rise and rumors of fighting spread.
Gossip notes announce spring colors turquoise blue and feghorn while monkey breath and elephant gray shift in fashion. Dry goods seek cinghams challies and china silks with buyers eager to secure early imports as sleighing ends. A lonely pup on a rock charms readers and a Christmastime parcel mixup hints at holiday express misadventures.
In Goshen Indiana detectives captured Bendryx for a murder plot against Edmond Calkins. Hendryx and Mrs Calkins allegedly murdered Calkins by drowning him during an April boat trip to gain life insurance payout. Calkins body found after three days. Hendryx, Mrs Calkins arrested in Indiana and Michigan. the couple implicated in an elaborate scheme to flee with proceeds. Dr T C Hendryx denies knowledge of the charges. Mrs Hendryx distressed. Calkins’ widow is described as around 40, twice-divorced and reserved about the affair. Twenty-three horses burned in Chicago fire.
Mrs William McKee of Meridian Street is praised as a major, unobtrusive benefactor whose charity spans the city, though her name is often withheld. Also highlighted are Mrs Reginald Hall of Meridian Street, a dedicada charitable worker at Christ Church, and Nils Sallié Grabbe, a leading businesswoman known for sharp deals in Indianapolis real estate, currently in California with her three children.
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