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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1899
Page
3
John Loftus, jailed in Lawrenceburg Indiana, terrorized Sparta for years with thefts, poisonings, and arsons. He attempted to kill his 7 year old son with a poker and forced his wife to flee at gunpoint. Villagers watched nightly for dynamite threats as losses neared 42000 dollars.
Mrs James Sutton of Hemlock district detects odd water odor during breakfast. A package of paris green is found in the Suttons well. Three acres of tomatoes were recently uprooted nearby. A mentally weak young man is suspected in the incident.
Edward Sheehan, 14, died in Muncie Indiana on Monday night after running toward a telegraph pole during a game called run sheep run. He struck the pole with his chest and collapsed in the arms of his older brother.
A giant fly wheel exploded at the Elk Hart National Paper Works in Mishawaka Indiana on Tuesday morning killing Engineer Dunbar and injuring three other workers. The engine room was demolished.
In Muncie Indiana on July 11 the Flint glass workers association opened its main program after Sam Jones of Toledo addressed a large crowd at the court house. Other speakers included Mayor Tuhey President Smith Walter L Ball Congressman George W Cromer and Judge James P Tarvin Kentucky, with Tarvin’s free silver stance drawing a cool reception.
Peru Ind July 1 Edward and Albert Levi clothing salesmen will start a clothing manufactory in Rochester New York. Oil well drilling has resumed and paying wells have been found. Work on the new 35000 jaii is suspended due to delay in iron. John W Kern Indianapolis will speak at the twenty first annual old settlers picnic at Miami August 10.
Four 15 year old boys Charles Brown Carl Baker Virgil Marlow and Major Norton from well known families have been arrested for burglary in Fairmount Indiana They had prior court appearances on similar charges but were released due to youth.
The western conference of the Ohio synod of the Lutheran church opened in Goshen Indiana with several hundred clergymen attending. Sessions run through the week beginning Tuesday morning.
Farmers crave rain as crops combat drought in Indiana counties. Goshen reports a shove incident while Evansville officials discuss jail terms and a grand jury weighs life imprisonment. Widespread crop issues include hay and wheat shortages and a total failure in Wabash and Allen counties. A plant in Columbus and a rural mail route in Warsaw are announced, as officials consider a matron at the courthouse.
Reports from Alexandria Lafayette Huntington Goshen Rushville Wabash Marion Kokomo and other towns describe desertion thefts abductions arrests and assaults. Notable items include a divorce case with substantial assets a missing person found near Atlanta a gang of thieves escaped after a sale of cloth and a local “missing bug” epidemic with prankish activity.
Residents along Central avenue watched a stack of burning straw in M. J. Osgood's field between Thirtieth and Thirty-second streets ignite from an engine fire. The straw, a 100 sack wheat pile and stack were destroyed, but the separator was saved. Loss estimates exceed $200 as the fire halted by the fire department.
In Dallas on July 11 a man named John I Carlisle shot Central High School President Lipscomb during a church protracted meeting. Lipscomb died after struggling with Carlisle who was arrested. Carlisle, a former Tipscomb’s janitor, blamed Lipscomb for his nonrenewal and is kin to Kentucky figure John G Carlisle.
Details from Little Rock report the lynching of Bud Brake at Cornins. Brake was suspected of complicity in the murder of Red Davidson. A group of young men and boys were involved in the incident, according to the received dispatch.
Patrolman Murphy of the Brightwood district halted a horse drawn wagon scene after spotting two men under a car stealing brass. He arrested Thomas McGovern, a junk dealer, and a 15 year old boy Tribble, taking them to police headquarters. About 345 dollars worth of brass was recovered and turnover already suspected by railroads. McGovern and the youth waived exam and were sent to the police court.
Peoria police arrest Bert Meadows after a bold hold up at J. A. Mettler's store. Meadows escaped with 1400 dollars, shot Officer Damm who was seriously wounded, and wounded himself while resisting arrest. The officer captured Meadows at the station despite his injuries.
Youngstown Ohio July 11 landlord Wallace of the West end hotel Warren fell for a swindle by a man calling himself A BD Alexander of Washington DC. The stranger took $30 leaving only a tattered envelope as a memento and vanished without return.
Mrs. Ann Ingersoll caused a commotion in the county jail on Monday repeating the struggle she made after sentencing on Saturday for kidnapping Gerald Lapiner. She was handcuffed dragged from her cell hurried to the railway station and placed on the train for Juliet. Her dress torn as she fought in a tigress-like display.
An additional $15,000 shortage found in the accounts of murdered treasurer John Brevins was reported to the city council. The total known shortage in city and school funds reaches about $150,000.
Miss Helen Shannon a 20 year old patient at St Marys hospital in Rochester suffers severe burns on her knee from X ray equipment while locating a needle. An ulceration developed and an obstinate gore occurred. Grafting was performed and she is expected to recover. No other patients in the hospital have X-ray injuries.
Central labor union reports President Golt agrees to paint out non union advertisements on the ball park fence and have them repainted by union men. Boycott lifted. grievance committee to investigate non union electricians at the Columbia club building and the cold storage building on S Pennsylvania st. Annual election of officers lists John Blue as president and other union posts filled by Henry Co Beissenherz, John W Kerr, J W Padden, Miss Jessie Lendormi, Harry Slough, William Kerry.
Emil Swart, named among Meier murderers, tells police a sweeping life tale from running away at 12 to serving pirates in the China sea, escaping with a pirate chief’s daughter, roaming Canton, Australia, England, Suez, and finally returning to America to continue crime.
The Fort Wayne Commercial club lists capital stock at 16,000. Officers include S. M. Foster as president, John B. Manning as secretary, and J. D. Bond as treasurer.
A Sylvan Valley News editorial defends a newspaper editor’s right to advocate proprietary medicines and endorses Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted preventive. The piece shares twenty years of family use and urges keeping a bottle on hand to reduce suffering until medical aid can arrive. Sold by all druggists.
In London on July 11 anti ritualists scored a signal victory in their crusade against high church practices in the established church. The archbishops of Canterbury and York presented a report condemning incense and ritual as part of the reform effort within the Church of England.
An invitation appears to readers to use and peruse The Sun newspaper, specifically its seventh page, as part of a features or inserts. The notice emphasizes engagement with the issue and directs attention to content likely on that page.
The Berlin Post reports that American armor plates now imitate Krupp quality after long experiments. It notes the plates are not inferior to Krupp’s and calls this a remarkable advance in Yankee naval construction based on recent tests.
The National Education Association began its thirty eighth annual convention in Los Angeles with about 10,000 attendees. The Newman railroad wreck cast gloom over delegates as condolences were offered to the injured and families of the dead.
Births announce six newborns including a girl for William and Emma Harvey and boys for several couples. Deaths record numerous ages with causes such as hepatitis, old age, meningitis, consumption, and other illnesses. Marriage licenses list six couples: William Cummings and Effie Myers, Harry Smith and Anna Steele, Lewis Dreine and Cassie Buskik, Amos Harness and Jula Robinson, Edmond Rennells and Myrtle Meredith.
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