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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1891
Page
1
A noisy Danville session opens slowly with reporters, ladies, and parson’s prayers. Senators chase trains, discuss seats and garbled notes while observers comment on Kochke and Magee, ending with a debate on world’s fair funding and force bill implications.
The Tribune prints society gossip from Washington about the president hosting a dinner for the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Mrs McKee, an admirer of American-made art, quashes French criticism, noting satin damask and furnishings now in the White House were all made in America. Mrs Harrison will host an extra reception next Saturday due to illness.
A severe storm hits New York delaying trains and breaking telegraph and telephone wires. Six inches of wet snow crippled lines, downed poles, and halted communication as 1,000 workers repair Western Union lines. Similar blizzards in New Jersey and Pennsylvania left towns dark, with widespread outages and long repairs ahead.
Funeral for Mrs. Julia Dumont Shipp held Monday at 10 50 from 540 N Delaware street. Burial private. She died Friday of drug trouble. A cultured writer and relative of Gen Ebenzer Dunfort, she belonged to the Woman's club and helped direct the Propykeum. Her death dims the eve of its dedication.
At the Union Station a boy began railroading and endured hunger until he earned meals. His first post was at a country station where the keeper pledged six months of progress. He carried coal, scrubbed depots, and fetched water before rising to a paid position, proving persistency.
In Wim. 1 Elder’s district a sale of office desks and fixtures is announced as Bamberger’s vacates the premises. The note promises unusually low prices that will astonish shoppers.
At Seventh Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening Dr BR Hunter spoke against city police management. He urged young men to avoid drunkenness citing the police board president for not enforcing laws. He claimed saloons run wide open and the whisky ring thrives, predicting a change in the police commissioners soon.
The council met Saturday night and quickly dismissed Col Bill Hicklin's substitute railway ordinance with a vote of 23 to 1. Hicklin delivered a long defense while councilors pressed for the motion to strike the measure from the files. City attorney Bailey announced he sought legal opinion from Judges Howe, Howland and Niliack on the street car charter issue, with a decision due at the next regular session.
Kelley the rolling mill man drew crowds with his sharp character portrayal in cheap theater pieces at the Park last week. He has amused Milwaukee crowds before at Elks benefits and is praised as a vivid mimic of drunken men seeking sobriety to obtain liquor at upscale bars. Audiences respond to lively action and wall paper pictures, with cheap wood cuts often drawing more attention than ornate productions like The Burglar, while My Jack and Under the Gas Light fare well at English's theater.
A City Council action on removing an ordinance from files is debated as to legality. Bailey says the printed copy sufficed for enactment, while Yontz seeks a test of legality arguing the original ordinance was not before the council. Other officials, including Gauss and Sweetland, discuss bids for street lighting and political implications.
At Niagara Falls on Sunday evening a drunken man, about 30, tall and well dressed, leaped from Bath Island to the rapids and was washed over the falls. Keeper Henry Highland tried to aid him, the man said he would stay at The Vedome hotel, and a Cleveland dispatch identifies him as C. H. Stanley of Cleveland, believed to have died by his own action. St John Kansas preacher criticizes the world’s fair proclamation at Western Ave Methodist Church.
Al Troop died Sunday at the city hospital after a three week struggle with a bullet wound to the left chest inflicted in a drunken stupor. The death ends a self inflicted injury case reported in local police files.
The international league may be revived as Baldwin signs with Columbus for rev om Gy. Louisvillé offers 5000 for Fred Pfeffer's release, and Director Tinton's interest in Brooklyn players' league has been purchased. The two teams consolidate and New Jersey law governs reorganized ball magnates. Ward may be released to Brooklyn. Indianapolis eyes a Western association seat. A Monday meeting at 88 W Washington St will discuss vital business. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad claims wide support from its users.
Poet Riley evaluates Burns worth while Lyon Riley says Burns taught common people poetry and love. A Burns birthday event at Lyra hall features Clarence Henning. Meanwhile a street car wreck on Irvington line leaves Minnie Frederick in dangerous condition with broken rib and internal injuries. Mary Brown’s elbow fracture and Conductor Kennedy’s leg healing. Local residents condemn the incident.
Simeon Coy boasts of a potential sensational public stance on the street car question. He hints at revealing “awful facts” with a cover, but only cites his respect for gray hairs as the reason he has not spoken yet.
In Washington the senate discussed cloture until 2 o clock and then, by a 6 to 85 vote, took up the apportionment bill amid wild democratic applause. In the house democrats pressed dilatory tactics all morning as Ingalls prospects for re election dim. Alliance caucus backs their nominee to unseat two Republicans, aiming for 94 on joint ballot with 62 Republicans and 9 Democrats.
ADDITIONAL STATE reports La Porte claims freedom from epidemics. Maggie Shrader near Owen was badly bitten by hops and will die. Pearl Top Lamp Chimney Co plans to move 350 workers to Elwood. Evansville hosts legislative committee at Southern Insane Hospital. Tipton offers free gas land and bonus to lure a canning plant. Miami County hosts the state’s only twine mill. Senator Magee pushes binding twine from prisons. Jonesboro residents press for it. Nelson oil well near Marion widely advertised. Mrs Marion Hawk and Jesse Snodgrass eloped from Muncie last November. they returned Thursday, strained by old conflicts.
A ranchman claims Robert Ray Hamilton, once reported drowned in the Snake River, is alive and well. He alleges a corpse was planted to fake his death, with laborers saying prominent locals knew of the ruse and that Hamilton may be abroad under an assumed name.
The Aldermen will hold a regular session Monday night with routine business. Aldermen Blackwell and Smith may refer to their records, but no major items are expected to arise beyond customary proceedings.
Eminent pianist and composer Herr Favier Scherwenka will perform in America at the Metropolitan Opera House this Saturday evening, as reported from New York on January 24. The event is anticipated as a highlight in the season with Scherwenka's renowned repertoire and artistry.
City notes show blacksmiths preparing to join the federation of trade unions. Wm. B. Akin admitted to practice by Judge Cos on motion of Prosecutor Holtzman. Entertainment planned by The Swedish Quartet and Miss Laura Barten at Y. BE, CG. AC hall Wednesday night. Medical society endorses Hilbert for pension examiner board. Mandy Wells gained her freedom from her husband, Joseph, amid cruelty claims. Annie Martin will paddle her own canoe after reporting her husband Herman. Judge Taylor awarded Willis and Kittie Anderson's three children to the father, deeming the mother unfit. Labor speakers addressed Plymouth church, crowd filling Rev. McCulloch's pulpit. George Hartzberger alleges assault by railway policeman and seeks damages. Colburn and McLaughlin arrested for burglary. one alias Sheffer. Browning at death’s door from liver cancer. Browning & Sloan firm details noted. Births, marriages, and a list of local notices appended. Regular dental and adhesive ads conclude.
A jailed preacher in Catskill New York Rev Henry W George admits a lifelong compulsion to steal described as kleptomania He says the impulse began in boyhood and followed him through Colby university and into religion He reports belief of possession and attempted cures by A B Simpson He adds tales of an armchair prophet in Minneapolis a man claiming Jesus lineage and a Paris murder case tied to hypnotism and religious mania The report also notes a striking eye glass case in Findlay Ohio and a public claim by a man in Minneapolis calling himself Jesus son with credentials from paradise.
Foreign items describe sea eruptions near Genoa and Spezia amid risks of repeated events. Ban on American pork entering Germany noted. Parnell spoke in Waterford on Sunday and again refused to resign. Brussels suburbs flooded due to the Senne overflow. Chilean unrest blamed on Balmaceda’s leadership. Scottish rail strikers at Greenock clashed with police injuring many.
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