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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1901
Page
8
The grand jury in St. Louis returns 124 indictments in municipal probe. four minor offenses disclosed. One indictment targets a House of Delegates official charged with attempting to bribe a state witness against highway robbers.
Five people were crushed to death and 22 injured after a panic erupted when an audience member cried fire at the Twelfth Street Turner Hall during the Yiddish play The Greenhorn. The hall had a single balcony exit. women with children leaped to the floor or over the railing to escape. The manager suspects an intentional stampede aimed at harming the venue.
C G Nelson of Company G Forty fifth U S in the Philippines writes of a clash between 25 Americans and 50 insurgents. The insurgents retreated as only 15 cart ridges remained. A cavalry unit rescued them that night. Nelson cites an election in which he received 150 votes and Bryan 4.
Paris reports Sir George Chetwynd a well known sport and chum of the prince of Wales denounces doping accusations as worse than silly. He notes doping has long been practiced on the English turf and mocks Ted Sloan as a presumptuous intruder in gentlemen's society.
Fred Mueller dropped to eleventh in the Indianapolis league after a strong rise. Bryson Marions tops with 177, Knox 176. Hevings leads town with 199 average. Ikxnox and Jay won sixth in Chicago. steamfitters beat Kirkhoff Bros two to one. Independent league leaders Partlow Lawtons Pritchett tied at 169. League totals show 30 scores over zero and a 1000 plus Marion score earlier.
The M C A basketball team will play Springfield in Indianapolis Tuesday evening. Springfield is described as a strong opponent, and the matchup promises a competitive contest for local fans.
Gus Ruhlin and manager Billy Madden arrived in Cincinnati and plan sparring exhibitions at the People’s theater all week. Madden denies Ruhlin is a prize fighter and threatens libel suits for such labeling. No new developments in the Saengerfest contest.
Al Weinig meets Jim Scanlon in Memphis while Cincinnati and San Francisco vie for the Jeffries Ruhlin affair. Kid McCoy and wife drift apart as Rob Fitzsimmons touts Jeffries and McCoy. Corbett plans a Boston vaudeville debut, McGovern to Cincinnati, Wattson sues, Broad fights Sullivan, Maher to face McCoy Sharkey winner, Ryan McCoy bout off. Sullivan counsels knockout strategy.
President Ban Johnson replied in Cincinnati on Sunday that no definite action has been taken and nothing concrete has been decided about dropping the city from consideration. The remark reflects ongoing uncertainty regarding Cincinnati's role in the plan.
President Hickey of the Western league travels to Indianapolis and Louisville to consolidate his aggregation. President Hart of Chicago reports signing Topsy Hartsel and awaiting payment. Brooklyn magnates claim four players have deserted and signed. William Hulen sells half of his Pueblo Western league stake to Park Wilson of New York. Minneapolis to take Sioux City’s berth in the Western league.
The article reports talks of merging the Big Four railroad into the New York Central system amid Van derbilt ownership. A stock swap possibility is noted, with stockholders potentially exchanging for a 3 1 4 percent New York Central bond. The piece also notes the death of London bishop Mandell Creighton.
Union Springs Alabama January 14 Captain N H Frazer offers five hundred dollars for the return of his son Bass Frazer dead or alive Bass, 18, a student at the Atlanta technical school, disappeared January 5. A ransom demand letter purportedly signed by the boy followed.
Matthew Allen aged 16 son of a well known horseman reappeared in West Chester Sunday night after being missing since Wednesday. He was dazed in rags and too weak to speak. He left home well dressed with a watch chain and jewelry. his father suspects drugging and robbery.
Beaumont reports intense oil excitement as the Lucas well attracts 10,000 excursionists. Mayor Jones of Toledo and Corsicana magnates visit, claiming the well is the largest in the US and on par with Russia. A lake of about 50 600 barrels forms from ravine damming while Capt Lucas denies Standard Oil control and offers 10 000 to anyone closing the well within 24 hours.
In Ohio five masked burglars beat in Henry Stroker’s door six miles north of Visalia and bound his wife and son before forcing him to open a safe for 850 dollars. They escaped. In Kentucky Rankin Clemons, a farmer, was assaulted and robbed late Saturday night. his house was barricaded by his daughter in law who held off the intruders. Clemons is in hospital unconscious. his wealth is noted and family tragedy cited.
In Sublime Texas on January 14 Mrs. Herman Neimann, driven by intense religious fervor, attempted to crucify herself on a barn. She drove nails into her insteps and partly nailed her left hand, then freed herself and was found hobbling across the barn yard sprinkling ground water from a bucket.
Groninger, named among mention for police judge, is deputy prosecutor in Justice Stout's court. Friends weigh public support for his candidacy, while associates praise his self-made career and high regard among those who know him.
Duke of Manchester travels by private car and boat to Ravenswood where he wins 170 dollars in a poker game during a cold illness layoff.
Salem Oregon January 14 with a hot senatorial fight in prospect the legislature assembled on Monday There are 55 republican votes on a joint ballot the remaining 3 members being semi republicans democrats and fusionists None but republicans are aspirants for the senatorship At least six men are prominently mentioned including Geo McBride term expires in March John H Mitchell H W Corbett Binger Herman Solomon Hirsch and Chas W Fulton
Harry Lindsay, a colored man, was arrested Saturday at the Indianapolis Paint and Color Co. after offering a $16 check payable to J. C. Dunn, a northern Illinois plumber, for paints. A clerk doubted the papers' genuineness and called Dunn. Lindsay claimed a white man gave him the documents. He had a prior arrest for aiding Maggie Riley in stealing a diamond from Michael Wells.
Tacoma dispatch reports 150 lives lost in an early January accident to a passenger steamer operating on the West River between Sam Chau and Canton, with details from Orient sources.
In Denver on a Saturday afternoon Colonel Roosevelt shot and killed a lion that had cornered Dr. Gerald Webb. After dogs freed the beast and a drawn lot gave Webb the first shot Roosevelt, ready to act, fired as the lion leaped and saved Webb from serious harm.
City clerk Goeckler subpoenaed the directors of the Consumers' gas trust company who were not examined by the council investigating committee. Edward Kirk Patrick and Jasper N. Clary were also sent for as they purportedly hold information on the company's workings.
MARSEILLES January 14 The steamer Russie which ran aground here recently is breaking up and will be a total loss.
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